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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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