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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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