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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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