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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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