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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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