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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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