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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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