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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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