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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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