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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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