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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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