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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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