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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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