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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key 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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