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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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