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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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