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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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