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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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