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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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