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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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