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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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