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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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