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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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