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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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