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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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