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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating 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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