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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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