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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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