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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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