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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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