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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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