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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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