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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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