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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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