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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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