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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the 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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