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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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