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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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