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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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