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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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