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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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