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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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