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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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