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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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