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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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