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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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