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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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