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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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