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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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