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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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