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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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