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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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