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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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