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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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