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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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