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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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