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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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