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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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