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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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