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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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