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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. 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. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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