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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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