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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are free for learners 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. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate 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 digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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