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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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