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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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