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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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