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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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