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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies 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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