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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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