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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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