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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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