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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major 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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