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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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