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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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