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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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