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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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