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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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