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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. 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. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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