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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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