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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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