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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. 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. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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