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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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