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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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