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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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