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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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