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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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