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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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