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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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