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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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