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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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