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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the 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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