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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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