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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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