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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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