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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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