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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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