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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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