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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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