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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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