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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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