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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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