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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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