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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses 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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