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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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