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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education enable learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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