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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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