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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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