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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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