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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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