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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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