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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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