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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses 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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