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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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