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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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