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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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