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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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