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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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