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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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