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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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