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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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