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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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