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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the major 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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