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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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