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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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