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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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