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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business 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 we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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