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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the thrilling 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 inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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