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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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