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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the 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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