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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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