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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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