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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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