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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online 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 organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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