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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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