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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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