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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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