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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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