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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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