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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for learners 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 subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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