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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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