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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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