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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models 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 institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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