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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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