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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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