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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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