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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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