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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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