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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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