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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources