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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach 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 original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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