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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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