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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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