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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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