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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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