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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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