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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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