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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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