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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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