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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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