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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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