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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major 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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