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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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