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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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