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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are considering now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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