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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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