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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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