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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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