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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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