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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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