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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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