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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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