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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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