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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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