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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online 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 lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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