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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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