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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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