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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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