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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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