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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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