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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free 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 a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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