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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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