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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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