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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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