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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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