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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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