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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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