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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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