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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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