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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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