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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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