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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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