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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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