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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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