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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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