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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly 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 several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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