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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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