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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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