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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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