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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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