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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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