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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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