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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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