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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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