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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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