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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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