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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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