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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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