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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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