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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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