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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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