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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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