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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally 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 several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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