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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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