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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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