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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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