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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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