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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are almost always 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 learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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