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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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