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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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