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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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