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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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