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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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