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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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