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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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