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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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