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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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