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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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