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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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