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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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