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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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