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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning have made it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners 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 variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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