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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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