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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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