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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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