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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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