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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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