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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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