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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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