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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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