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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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