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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors 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? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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