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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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