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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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