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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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