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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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