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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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