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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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