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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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