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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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