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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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