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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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