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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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