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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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