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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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