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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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