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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. 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. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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