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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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