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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 organizations like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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