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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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