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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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