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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not 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 e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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