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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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