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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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