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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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