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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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