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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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