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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free 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 distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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