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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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