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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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