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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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