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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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