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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology 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 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 many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education 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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