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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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