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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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