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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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