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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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