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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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