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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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