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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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