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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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