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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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