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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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