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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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