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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally 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 issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key 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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