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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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