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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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