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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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