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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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