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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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