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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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