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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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