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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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