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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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