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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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