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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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