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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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