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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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