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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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