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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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