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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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