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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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