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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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