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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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