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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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