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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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