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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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