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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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