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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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