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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently 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 topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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