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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses 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 numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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