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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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