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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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