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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies 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 participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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