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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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