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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure 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 MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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