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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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