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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not 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 distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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