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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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