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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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