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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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