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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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