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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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