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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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