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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also addresses 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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