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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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