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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. 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. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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