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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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