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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Uzbekistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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