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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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