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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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