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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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