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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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