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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Sudan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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