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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure 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 classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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