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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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