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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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