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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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