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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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