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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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