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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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