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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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