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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies 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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