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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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