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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that educators 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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