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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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