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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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