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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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