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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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