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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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