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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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