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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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