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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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