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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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