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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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