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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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