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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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