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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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