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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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