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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly 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 many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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