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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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