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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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