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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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