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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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