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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

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