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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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