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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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