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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning enable humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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