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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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