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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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