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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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