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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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