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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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