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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. 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 MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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