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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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