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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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