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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always 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 topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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