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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate 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 online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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