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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources