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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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