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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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