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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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