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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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