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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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