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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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