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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are commonly free 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 many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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