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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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