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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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