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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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