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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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