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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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