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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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