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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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