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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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