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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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