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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed 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 business models are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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