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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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