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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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