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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important 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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