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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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