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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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