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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students 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 experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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