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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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