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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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