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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers 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 original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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