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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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