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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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