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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently 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 several topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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