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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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