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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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