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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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