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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education