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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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