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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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