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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to understand these open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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