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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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