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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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