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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important 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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