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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners 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 several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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