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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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