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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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