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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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