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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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