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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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