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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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