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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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