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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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