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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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