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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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