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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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