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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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