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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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