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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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