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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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