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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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