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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the 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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