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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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