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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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