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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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