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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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