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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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