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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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