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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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