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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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