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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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