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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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