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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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