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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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