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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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