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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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