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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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