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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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