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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically 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 numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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