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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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