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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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