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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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