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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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