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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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