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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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