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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important 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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