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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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