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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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