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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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