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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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