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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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