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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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