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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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