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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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