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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC 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 Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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