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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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