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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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