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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different 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 in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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