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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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