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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers 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 different business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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