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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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