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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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