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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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