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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free 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 many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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