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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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