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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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