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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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