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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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