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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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