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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the 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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