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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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