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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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