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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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