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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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