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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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