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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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