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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners 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 variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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