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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies 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 inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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