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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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