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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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