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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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