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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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