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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of 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 massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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