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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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