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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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