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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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