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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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