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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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