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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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