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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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