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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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