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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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