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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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