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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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