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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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