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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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