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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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