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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What 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 in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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