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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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